There are 10 ways to get from Athens to Cologne by plane, train, bus, car ferry, car train or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly to Cologne/Bonn Apt • 6 h 9 min
$76 - $308
9 alternative options
Fly to Dusseldorf • 7 h 17 min
$106 - $331
Fly to Frankfurt, train • 7 h 5 min
$130 - $395
Train, bus • 29 h 31 min
$261 - $395
Bus, train • 34 h 24 min
$326 - $453
Bus Panonija Bus • 42 h 32 min
$182 - $202
Bus, car ferry, train, car train • 2 days 4 h
$192 - $526
Bus Makedonija Soobrakaj AD • 2 days 13 h
$188 - $240
Drive, train • 28 h 12 min
$410 - $596
Drive • 24 h 58 min
$380 - $600
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Cologne is to fly which costs 65€ - 270€ and takes 6 h 9 min.
The quickest way to get from Athens to Cologne is to fly which costs 65€ - 270€ and takes 6 h 9 min.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Cologne via Beograd. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42 h 32 min.
The distance between Athens and Cologne is 1952 km. The road distance is 2569.8 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Cologne without a car is to train and bus which takes 29 h 31 min and costs 220€ - 350€.
It takes approximately 6 h 9 min to get from Athens to Cologne, including transfers.
Athens to Cologne bus services, operated by Crazy Holidays, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Athens to Cologne is to fly which takes 6 h 9 min and costs 65€ - 270€. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 150€ - 180€ and takes 42 h 32 min.
The quickest flight from Athens Airport to Cologne/Bonn Apt Airport is the direct flight which takes 3 h 5 min.
Athens to Cologne bus services, operated by Panonija Bus, arrive at Cologne station.
- Distance: 1219.9 miles
- Duration: 6 h 9 min
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Cologne, Germany?
Eurowings, Lufthansa and seven other airlines fly from Athens to Cologne every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Cologne via Beograd in around 42 h 32 min.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $700
Flights from Athens to Dusseldorf via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 46 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $800
Flights from Athens to Dusseldorf via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $800
Flights from Athens to Dusseldorf via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $800
Flights from Athens to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 1 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $800
Flights from Athens to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 48 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $800
- Website
- aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens to Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $650
Flights from Athens to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 1 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $800
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Athens to Dusseldorf via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $600
Flights from Athens to Dusseldorf via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,200
Flights from Athens to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 45 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170 - $800
Flights from Athens to Frankfurt via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290 - $1,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Athens to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 15 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230 - $950
Flights from Athens to Dusseldorf via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $900
Flights from Athens to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 2 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240 - $950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 2 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230 - $650
Flights from Athens to Dusseldorf via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $800
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from Athens to Dusseldorf via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,200
Flights from Athens to Frankfurt via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 10 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290 - $1,300
Flights from Athens to Frankfurt via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290 - $1,300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Athens to Cologne/Bonn Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $1,800
Flights from Athens to Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 15 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95 - $650
Flights from Athens to Dusseldorf via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 25 min
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $95 - $650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Rome Ciampino
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 10 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55 - $220
Flights from Athens to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $550
- Website
- p.turkishairlines.com
Flights from Athens to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Istanbul Ataturk
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $750
Flights from Athens to Dusseldorf via Istanbul Ataturk
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Berlin Tegel
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95 - $550
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Athens to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $650
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Athens to Dusseldorf via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 25 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160 - $750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Athens to Dusseldorf via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 50 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180 - $850
Deutsche Bahn is the German railway company, and the largest railway operator and infrastructure owner in Europe. Based in Berlin, Deutsche Bahn was founded in 1994, and offers many different types of rail transportation including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35 - $55
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 19 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60 - $90
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kelenföld to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10 h 28 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $210 - $300
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35 - $60
- Website
- bahn.de
- Website
- trainose.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 23 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27 - $40
- Website
- trainose.gr
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
- Second Class
- $27 - $40
- First Class
- $35 - $50
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava-Petrzalka to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12 - $20
- Website
- slovakrail.sk
The national railway system of Austria, the OBB carried 209 million passengers on local and regional trains, and 35 million on long-distance trains in 2016 alone. The OBB’s 4865 km network covers 570 trains simultaneously at peak times, with one train leaving every 12 seconds, making it a supremely efficient way to travel around the country and surrounding region. The company’s extensive network connects cities in Austria, and adjacent European countries including Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Slovenia.
Contact Details
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 7 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $95 - $150
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
Train from Villach Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11 h 1 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150 - $220
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
The primary train operator in Italy, Trenitalia was created in the year 2000. Trenitalia offers national rail connections in Italy as well as international connections to Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland. The company operates regional and long-distance trains, as well as high-speed trains called Frecce that travel on specialised tracks on speeds of up to 360km/h. Trenitalia tickets are available online, in stations across the country or from many travel agents that offer bookings.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S.Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9 - $20
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
- 1st Class
- $16 - $20
- Phone
- +39 060708
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Santa Lucia Station to Verona Porta Nuova Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 11 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19 - $27
- Website
- italotreno.it
The primary train operator in Italy, Trenitalia was created in the year 2000. Trenitalia offers national rail connections in Italy as well as international connections to Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland. The company operates regional and long-distance trains, as well as high-speed trains called Frecce that travel on specialised tracks on speeds of up to 360km/h. Trenitalia tickets are available online, in stations across the country or from many travel agents that offer bookings.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Santa Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 10 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $27 - $40
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Verona Porta Nuova to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65 - $140
- Schedules at
- urlaubs-express.de
- Passenger
- $68
- Motorcycle
- $114
- Vehicle
- $126
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12 h 27 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $60 - $90
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Büro Simeonidis to Skopje Zob
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23 - $35
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.gr
Bus from Athens to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 21 h 8 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75 - $90
- Schedules at
- siamostours.gr
- Phone
- 2310-241545
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Athens to Beograd
- Ave. Duration
- 16 h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55 - $80
- Schedules at
- crazyholidays.gr
- Website
- panonijabus.com
Bus from Beograd to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 25 h 32 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $126
- Schedules at
- panonijabus.com
- Book at
- panonijabus.com
- Website
- nikolicprevoz.rs
Bus from Belgrade to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 22 h 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100 - $120
- Schedules at
- nikolicprevoz.rs
- Phone
- 2610 623 888
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Athens to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22 - $26
- Schedules at
- ktelachaias.gr
- Phone
- +30 2310 510835
- contact@ktelthes.gr
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Athens Pedion Areos to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- ms.mk
Bus from Skopje to Köln Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2 days 1 h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120 - $160
- Schedules at
- ms.mk
- Phone
- +389 (0) 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.de
Bus from Skopje to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 28 h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- nasirtours.de
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Patras to Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 31 h 1 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95 - $320
- Schedules at
- superfast.com
- Deck
- $97 - $99
- Aircraft-type seats
- $118 - $120
- 2 bed inside cabin
- $312 - $313
- 3 bed outside cabin
- $270 - $320
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Read the travel guideMore Questions & Answers
Cologne is 1 h behind Athens. It is currently 12:38 AM in Athens and 11:38 PM in Cologne.
Yes, the driving distance between Athens to Cologne is 2570 km. It takes approximately 24 h 58 min to drive from Athens to Cologne.
Aegean Airlines, Ryanair, easyJet and six other airlines offer flights from Athens Airport to Cologne/Bonn Apt Airport.
There are 979+ hotels available in Cologne. Prices start at $57 USD per night.
The best way to get from Athens to Athens Airport is to subway which takes 42 min and costs 9€.